sigler

French

Etymology

sigle +‎ -er.

Verb

sigler

1. to devise, use, of designate as an acronym or abbreviation

Conjugation

Conjugation of sigler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	sigler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	siglant /si.ɡlɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		siglé /si.ɡle/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	sigle /siɡl/	sigles /siɡl/	sigle /siɡl/	siglons /si.ɡlɔ̃/	siglez /si.ɡle/	siglent /siɡl/
	imperfect	siglais /si.ɡlɛ/	siglais /si.ɡlɛ/	siglait /si.ɡlɛ/	siglions /si.ɡli.jɔ̃/	sigliez /si.ɡli.je/	siglaient /si.ɡlɛ/
	past historic2	siglai /si.ɡle/	siglas /si.ɡla/	sigla /si.ɡla/	siglâmes /si.ɡlam/	siglâtes /si.ɡlat/	siglèrent /si.ɡlɛʁ/
	future	siglerai /si.ɡlə.ʁe/	sigleras /si.ɡlə.ʁa/	siglera /si.ɡlə.ʁa/	siglerons /si.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/	siglerez /si.ɡlə.ʁe/	sigleront /si.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	siglerais /si.ɡlə.ʁɛ/	siglerais /si.ɡlə.ʁɛ/	siglerait /si.ɡlə.ʁɛ/	siglerions /si.ɡlə.ʁjɔ̃/	sigleriez /si.ɡlə.ʁje/	sigleraient /si.ɡlə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	sigle /siɡl/	sigles /siɡl/	sigle /siɡl/	siglions /si.ɡli.jɔ̃/	sigliez /si.ɡli.je/	siglent /siɡl/
	imperfect2	siglasse /si.ɡlas/	siglasses /si.ɡlas/	siglât /si.ɡla/	siglassions /si.ɡla.sjɔ̃/	siglassiez /si.ɡla.sje/	siglassent /si.ɡlas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	sigle /siɡl/	—	siglons /si.ɡlɔ̃/	siglez /si.ɡle/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sigler

1. present of sigla

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Old French

Alternative forms

• seigler, singler

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse sigla, from Proto-Germanic *siglijaną.

Verb

sigler

1. to sail (navigate a watercraft)

Descendants

• Middle French: singler
  • French: cingler
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: singrar
  • Galician: singrar
  • Portuguese: singrar
• → Old Spanish:
  • Spanish: singlar

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (sigler)
• sigler on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub